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23.1; save-excursion and goto-char fail

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From: RSridhar <rsridar50 <at> dataone.in>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 23.1;  save-excursion and goto-char fail
Date: Wed, 02 Sep 2009 15:33:05 +0530

1. I have a lisp code which saves file buffer and does some manipulation
on the 
file in shell. subsequently it is reverted. However I have tried
save-excursion 
before saving file which did not restore the file position on reverting.
So I tr
ied setq point to some var and after reverting restore point with
goto-char. Thi
s also did not ork in restoring previous position although (point)
function did 
return the correct  value from the goto-char function in lisp. 

2. The file manipulated contains utf-8 chars. Every now and then octal
values di
splay as language text but most of the time only octal utf-8 chars are
displayed
. Also the devanaagari font that is displayed incorrectly when it is
displayed..
. The (itrans) short i is to be to the left of the consonant but gets
associated
 with the right consonant. 

3. re-search-forward function fails regular expression with octal code
   
In GNU Emacs 23.1.1 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu, GTK+ Version 2.16.5)
 of 2009-08-26 on x86-2.fedora.phx.redhat.com
Windowing system distributor `The X.Org Foundation', version
11.0.10602000
configured using `configure  '--build=i386-redhat-linux-gnu'
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'--with-x-toolkit=gtk' 'build_alias=i386-redhat-linux-gnu'
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'CFLAGS=-DMAIL_USE_LOCKF -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -Wp,-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2
-fexceptions -fstack-protector --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -m32
-march=i586 -mtune=generic -fasynchronous-unwind-tables''

Important settings:
  value of $LC_ALL: C
  value of $LC_COLLATE: nil
  value of $LC_CTYPE: nil
  value of $LC_MESSAGES: nil
  value of $LC_MONETARY: nil
  value of $LC_NUMERIC: nil
  value of $LC_TIME: nil
  value of $LANG: en_US.UTF-8
  value of $XMODIFIERS: @im=ibus
  locale-coding-system: nil
  default-enable-multibyte-characters: t

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  auto-composition-mode: t
  auto-encryption-mode: t
  auto-compression-mode: t
  column-number-mode: t
  line-number-mode: t
  transient-mark-mode: t

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<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> 
<help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <help-echo> <menu-bar> 
<help-menu> <send-emacs-bug-report>

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-- 
RSridhar <rsridar50 <at> dataone.in>

Message #14 received at 4314 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: RSridhar <rsridar50 <at> dataone.in>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
Cc: 4314 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#4314 acknowledged by developer         (close 4312)
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 21:58:15 +0530

Re the bug 
that I was expecting some communication from you 
since it is closed by you. Could you please enlighten me on the status.
 
-- 
RSridhar <rsridar50 <at> dataone.in>


On Sat, 2009-09-12 at 18:55 -0700, Emacs bug Tracking System wrote:
> Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>.

Message #19 received at 4314 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Chong Yidong <cyd <at> stupidchicken.com>
To: RSridhar <rsridar50 <at> dataone.in>
Cc: 4314 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#4314 acknowledged by developer         (close 4312)
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:30:45 -0400

RSridhar <rsridar50 <at> dataone.in> writes:

> Re the bug that I was expecting some communication from you since it
> is closed by you. Could you please enlighten me on the status.

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